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hunker (down)

verb

ˈhəŋ-kər

Definition of hunker (down)

as in to crouch

to lie low with the limbs close to the body had to hunker down so no one would see him behind the gate

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Davis was captured on cell phone video, crouching over French’s body, hysterically telling responding cops to stay away from him.

— Barry Williams, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2026
Ordinarily, Sinner attacks with explosive energy, crouching on his long legs before springing upward, his feet leaving the ground after each shot.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

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Schottenheimer huddled the team up for a longer than usual postgame discussion because of the fights.

— Jon Machota, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Once a fixture of the American experience, the custom of collectively huddling around the cathode-ray hearth has largely been supplanted by the isolationist practices of the smartphone era.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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